Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end?

Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by jedberg on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:00PM (#21051574)

Yes, but most test proctors make you clear the memory before the test.

In fact, one of the programs my friends and I wrote was one that faked the memory clearing process. This worked because at the time the test proctors didn't really know how the calculator worked so our fake was good enough.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by egdod on Monday September 23, 2019 @03:49PM (#21052833)

Ha, that’s pretty good.

Back when I was in school a million years ago, nobody thought to make us clear the memory before exams. So people just got away with it, as far as I know.

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by toast0 on Monday September 23, 2019 @05:44PM (#21054069)

You know. When I was in high school, some of the other students would ask History or English teachers if they could use their calculators on the test. The responses were usually "I don't know why you would want to, but fine with me."

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Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end? by wjmao88 on Monday September 23, 2019 @06:27PM (#21054427)

irrc you can have a program that stubs the clearing of memory. it displays the message but doesn't actually do it.

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